Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-02
DAILY HERALD.
ON THE STAND.
Chief Darcy Tells What
He Knows of
THE DEATH OF DIR. HARLAN
Mrs. DR.. Harlan Said to Have
Quietly Departed-Inter-
esting Day in Court.

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esting Day in Court.
The City Justices court was as full as it
could possibly be yesterday at 10 A. NJ, when
the examination of Hattie woolsteen for the
alleged murder of DR.. Harlan, the South
Spring street dentist, was resumed. There
were quite number of lady spectators in
court. Judge Depuy had with him as an
inactive aid de camp Mr.. Dun zap. who has
been appointed to position in the District
Attorneys office, vice George ]. Denis, re-
signed. The examination was more than
tedious until Chief Darcy was put upon the
stand. The first witness called was
DIR. C. Edgar Smith who testified that he
had been called to attend Hattie WoOlsteeu
the day that she attempted to poison her
self With cholorform.
W. M. Hart, of the San Francisco Examiner
staff testified that he had gone TO Jones
Gum grove on the 9th inst. in company
with Chief Darcy. He saw small exca-
yafion under gum tree in the northeast
corner OF the grove, near Il wire fence
There was tin pail near the excavation
which was taken to the police Office by
Chief Darcy. In getting in the enclosure the
witness crowded through fence. The
witness was afterwards requested to draw
n diagram of the grove.
On crOss-examination when copy OF the
Examiner was submitted to the witness and
he was asked whether he had sent up the
photographs used for the cuts in that paper
the District Attorney objected to the ques-
tion as not being responsive. The Court
Overruled the objection.
Witness: presume sent them up. | OBJ
tanned them from different sources. l did
not get them from a policeman. l am un-
acquainted with the man who gave me the
photography. He might have been po-
liceman. havnt seen him lately. | have
only taken an interest in this case as re-
porter.
A Notary Public, recalled said that he had
never acknowledged the execution of a
power of attorney by DR.. Harlan TO his wife.
HARRY W. GRIFFIN,
A boy, knew Jones' gum grove. He said !
was In that grove the last time on Saturday
night, October 22nd,, with some boys named
Murray. 1t was about half-past g. We
found the hole, tin can and rag. (Tin
can identified.) We divided the rag; which
was tied with three knots, and each boy took
u piece, but I took the biggest one.
WILLIE BERNAN,
A little boy, testified to being present when
n rag was found in the eucalyptus grove.
rag.
HENRY L. JORDAN
Testified that he resides at the southwest
corner of Vernon and Seventh. Saw Harlan
ON the 5th or 9TH of this month, about dusk.
troiuced @ as Miss Wolfskili. He wanted to
know the value of lot situated on seventh
street, which he said belonged to his lady
companion. 1t was quite dark. Witness
did not recognize the doctor until he spoke,
He heard the report of DIR. Harlan's alleged
death the next Tuesday. Witness was not
certain of the day when he had last seen DR..
Harlan. He could not identify Hattie as the
woman who had been with the dentist.
PM DARCY,
Sworn, testified / am the Chief of Police OF
this city. know Hattie Woolsteen. / saw
her at the Office after the alleged disappear
snce of DIR. Harlan, on Monday or Tuesday.
It was the 1 1th of last month. had sent
Officer Brady after her She came alone.
when she came in l told her she
was the party last seen in DR..
Hsrlans company and expected
she knew something about his disappear
ance. She said Harlan came to her house at
half past seven in the evening, but she was
going to the thcater with her sister. That
was the last she had seen of him. He had
agreed to come the following sunday She
stayed about one hour or one hour and a
half in my office OH that occasion. asked
her if she was out at Compton with him the
day before. She said she was, The doctor
was inquiring for the price OF land in that
vicinity and especially of the Barley ranch.
They returned at dark and the doctor took
her home. Hattie said they had been to
Whittier and afterwards to Compton. At
the former place the doctor had shown her
some lots he owned there. She said that her
father had given her and her sister 5000
apiece to come out here. They had found
employment as soon as they came here. She
had found work with some people called
Bradley. She said she lived at SD Fort
street. DIR. Harlan called there as well as
sstI, dy fpnlr dxnxyt
her fl rst statement at my request in her pres
ence. She requested that it be not published
The next time ! saw Hattie was on the even
ing of the same day. sent Brady after her
once more. / told her that being the last
person seen with Harlan, and knowing that
she had hired buggy in which she took
ride with some man, L wanted her to tell me
where she had been. She then told me
that
SHE HAD HIRED THE BUGGY,
while Harlan had remained hidden at the
corner of Sixth and Spring streets. She told
the livery stable man that she was going to
Pasadena She picked up Harlan at the cor
ner, and they drove all over town until they
got to a grove on Eighth street. The Doctor
told her he wanted her to go with him to
Denver, Colorado. She refused, and then he
said he had no further use for life, and pull
ing out a pistol, shot himself. She stayed
mcnt that some one would come, attracted
by the shot. She then drove to Compton TO
the barn, pulled Harlan's dead body out of
the buggy and set fire to it. She then drove
Off to distance of about three-quar-
tiers of mile and looked at the
burning barn until it fell. she then
returned to her home, washed the buggy
and drove it back to the stable the next
morning. She told me that the pistol and
watch were hidden by her. in the gum
grove. All the money she had was $40, and
she spent $3 of that. She said she had lost
the watch-charm, but knew nothing about
the ring The next afternoon we drove to
the place where she claimed the Doctor had
committed suicide. Between two walnut
trees we found the things. We went down
Spring street to NINTH thence up Pearl and
into Eighth. The defendant got up twice
while this witness was testifying, and said
that he was stating falsehOods. At noon the
Court ordered an adjournment until = P. NJ.
Afternoon Session.
The nrincinal featlreSin the afternoon Was